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“O progresso das Luzes e o da felicidade não andam no mesmo passo; a euforia da moda tem como complemento o abandono, a depressão, a perturbação existencial. Há mais estimulações de todo gênero, mas mais inquietude de viver; há mais autonomia privada, mas mais crises íntimas. Tal é a grandeza da moda, que remete sempre mais o indivíduo para si mesmo; tal é a miséria da moda, que nos torna cada vez mais problemáticos para nós mesmos e para os outros.”

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